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October 2025 October 2025

Holiday

No School on Monday October 13th.

COSA Upcoming Performances COSA Upcoming Performances

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COSA Instrumental Music: Fall Recital

Tuesday, October 7 at 6pm

Black Box

650 D Avenue, Coronado

Tickets Available Now!

https://www.cosafoundation.org/tickets


The recital will feature a string quintet, jazz ensemble, woodwind trio, saxophone trio, and an all-new brass quintet. Several solo pianists will also be featured. The CoSA Instrumental Music Conservatory emphasizes the study of classical and jazz music. Students receive intensive training in their chosen instruments in wind, percussion, brass, jazz and string. Students also study music theory, ear training, jazz theory and improvisation, electronic music skills, composition and orchestration.

Classes are also offered in music history and culture, music technology and the music business. Students play piano, drums, violin, viola, cello, saxophone, electric guitar, tuba, trombone or any other instrument they desire to learn. CoSA Instrumental Music students are passionate about their craft, and many go on to study music in college, or continue to perform as adults.

About CoSA

Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) is San Diego County’s premier public school arts

conservatory, home to 200 scholar artists grades 9 through 12, who attend the nationally ranked Coronado High School. CoSA provides an intense, pre-professional arts education to students from Coronado and from all over San Diego, who are admitted after a competitive application/audition process. Each school day CoSA offers three or more hours of instruction, pairing young artists with educators who are also industry specialists. With a curriculum designed by professional artist/educators, students are immersed in their chosen specialty in one of six conservatories:

Classical and Contemporary Dance, Digital Arts (Animation, Filmmaking and Graphic Design), Instrumental Music, Musical Theatre & Drama, Theatre Production, Design & Management and Visual Art. CoSA is a State of California-approved Career Technical Education program

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COSA Musical Theatre & Drama Presents Alice by Heart

Coronado Performing Arts Theatre

Friday, October 17 at 7pm

Saturday, October 18 at 7pm

Sunday, October 19 at 2pm


Friday, October 24 at 7pm

Saturday, October 25 at 7pm


CoSA Musical Theatre & Drama Invites Audience to Find courage, Find love, and Find a way

forward

The Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) Musical Theatre and Drama Conservatory brings Alice

by Heart to the stage! Alice by Heart is a touching musical which explores themes of grief, loss,

and first love against the backdrop of World War II's London Blitz. The story follows Alice

Spencer and her dying friend, Alfred, as they seek refuge in an underground tube station and

use their love for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to escape the harsh realities of war. The

musical celebrates the power of imagination and friendship to help people find the courage to

move forward. While the original Alice in Wonderland is a fantasy, Alice by Heart uses the story

as a metaphor for growing up, coping with death, and navigating first love in a time of crisis.

Director, Barbara Wolf shares, “Alice By Heart one of my new favorite musicals! My students

introduced it to me two years ago, and I fell in love with it immediately! It is written by Duncan

Sheik and Steven Sater who wrote the musical “Spring Awakening” which is profound in its

meaning and beautiful in its story and music. We are all very excited to be rehearsing this

wonderful musical and then to share it. “ Alice By Heart is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com


Tickets Available Now!

https://www.cosafoundation.org/tickets

Alice by Heart Promo_Holly Peterson.mp4

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COSA Digital Arts: Horror Night

Tuesday, October 28 at 6pm & Thursday, October 30 at 6pm

Black Box

650 D Avenue, Coronado

Tickets Available Soon!

COSA Visual Art Exhibit at the Teen Library COSA Visual Art Exhibit at the Teen Library

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Upperclassmen Fall Exhibit

Thank you River Wadleigh for curating the COSA Visual Art Exhibit at the Coronado Public Library!

Artworks will be on display thru the Fall, stop by the Teen Library during operating hours and enjoy the art!

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COSA Student Highlights! COSA Student Highlights!

Congratulations Wendy Alcaraz from COSA Visual Art!

Wendy unveiled her start-up fashion and jewelry business "PURPOSE Upcycle." She set up shop at the VFW Summer Vendor Market, giving fabrics and styles new life with original designs.

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COSA CARNIVAL WAS A BLAST! COSA CARNIVAL WAS A BLAST!

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This year COSA Celebrates 30 years of Creativity!!! This year COSA Celebrates 30 years of Creativity!!!

Save the Date!

March 14, 2026

at Venue808 in Downtown San Diego

https://venue808.com/


Tickets will be available soon!

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COSA FOUNDATION COSA FOUNDATION

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Sending out a BIG THANK YOU to our New & Returning Coronado School of the Arts Foundation and Board Members for their dedication in supporting ALL our students!

Please join in their efforts to enrich our students' lives through the arts!


Donate

Parents https://www.cosafoundation.org/parents/

Patrons https://www.cosafoundation.org/patron-of-the-arts


CoSA Foundation

https://www.cosafoundation.org/

P.O. Box 181587
Coronado, CA 92178
501(c)(3) Tax ID#: 33-0752143

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Annual COSA Headshots Annual COSA Headshots

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High Quality Digital Copy of Professional Headshots

CoSA Families are able to purchase a High Quality Digital Copy of Professional Headshots.


Headshots are a Professional Practice for Creatives.

Acting headshots are a type of portrait photo used by actors and actresses to help them land acting roles. Typically, casting directors use headshots to help them decide whether applicants have the right “look” and charisma for a given role. Artists, Designers and Musicians also represent themselves professionally with headshots in promotional materials, media, websites and portfolios.


Headshots are a wonderful Creative Keepsake for Parents, Grandparents and Extended Family !

This week all CoSA Conservatories have been scheduled for a complimentary headshot sitting. A standard professional headshot sitting usually averages $250 and Digital Copies of headshots average at least $100.


COSA FAMILY - REDUCED PRICE: $30 Digital Copy


HOW COSA FAMILIES CAN PURCHASE: https://www.kelcasey.com/f500919488

  • To purchase a CoSA headshot, once you find your student’s photo (without name card), double click on it so that it’s larger on your screen. You’ll see a “visit shop” window to your right. This is where you add the to your cart, and check out.

  • Once you check out, you’ll be sent an email with the link for downloading the image without the watermark. Once purchased, you have 30 days to download the image to your files.

  • The “password” is for CoSA faculty/staff, as they need access for the CoSA yearbook, as well as printing for upcoming performances/shows.

Photos can used for personal use (sharing on social media, printing, using for other art, or theatre/production/shows, etc), but may not be sent to any local media outlets, ie, newspapers, magazines, online news sites, etc.




10% of each Purchased will be Donated back to CoSA Foundation by Photographer, Kel Casey.

Calendars Calendars

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CHS Bell Schedule

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CUSD Calendar

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CoSA Calendar

https://cosasandiego.com/Calendar/index.html

Contact Us Contact Us

Coronado School of the Arts

650 D Avenue

Coronado, CA 92118

(619) 522-4050


CHS/COSA Administration:

Karin Mellina - COSA School

Tim Kusserow - COSA Foundation


COSA Support Staff:

COSA Office Administrative Assistant, Deidre Smith

COSA Coordinator, Karrie Jackson


COSA Faculty:

Dance: Caryn Ipapo-Glass

Digital Arts: Animation/Graphic Design, Anna Woerman & Film, Michelle Evenson

Instrumental Music: Matt Heinecke

Musical Theatre & Drama: Barbara Wolf, Kim Strassburger, David McBean

Technical Theatre: Cynthia Bloodgood & Coleman Clark

Visual Arts: Karrie Jackson

Plus our fabulous Consultants, Guest Artists, Live Models and Volunteers!


COSA Foundation Board Leaders:

President, Linda Edison

Vice President, Holly Peterson

COSA Foundation Administrative Assistant, Erin Everett

Director of Development, Jenni Nesbitt

Press & Social Media, Holly Peterson

Island Youth Theatre, Stephanie Nurding


COSA Council Student Leadership Team:

President, Abigail Kim

Vice President, Haissam Kouli

Secretary, Cadence Wright

Co-Leaders of Publicity Team: Noemi Swearingen Ordonez & Eleanor McLellan

Advisor, Karrie Jackson


And THANK YOU to all our working COSA Student Interns who collaborate on our Productions and Publicity! You are truly PROs!


Follow us on Social Media to see what all the students have been up to:

Instagram @cosasdofficial

Facebook.com/cosasandiego

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